Death on The Moors

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	• The Sticklepath Strangler (Knights Templar) Michael Jecks Headline Book Publishing, 2002 - 320 pages average customer review:based on 2 reviews view larger image
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A Decent Read

I enjoyed this book primarily because it successfully recreates a segment of life during the Middle Ages -- an extremely interesting historical period that is much misunderstood and maligned. There are problems, however. For one thing, the book is too long and padded. Moreover, it does not even remotely approach a top-flight mystery. No, I couldn't figure out who did it (the use of deductive reasoning is pointless here, for there are really no clues with which to work). But I did know who didn't do it. Unlike Agatha Christie, for example, Michael Jecks doesn't know how to reveal the inner thoughts of his characters without revealing their innocence! This, of course, is a major weakness for any mystery writer.

The bottom line? This is an enjoyable read, as long as one doesn't expect too much from it.

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Death on The Moors

Michael Jecks gave up a career in the computer industry when he began writing the internationally successful Templar series. Well all I can say is the Computer Industries loss is the reader's gain. He has now written about a score of the Knights Templar mystery books featuring Sir Baldwin de Furnshill and Bailiff Simon Puttock and there are more to follow. Michael's books are full of intrigue and mystery and they are particularly well researched. Mr. Jecks lives in the area he writes about and I am sure this must assist him a great deal with his background research.

1322, a beautiful summer's day and two children playing on the moors find the body of a young girl. The body has lain there a long time and eventually it is established that it is the remains of Aline, the daughter of Swetricus. She went missing six years ago when she was only 10-years-old.

Sir Baldwin de Furnshill, Keeper of the King's Peace and his close associate and friend the Bailiff Simon Puttock are called to investigate, and to their surprise they discover that Aline is not the only girl to have been found dead in recent years. It would seem that the villagers have been concealing other things apart from someone who has no compunction about killing.

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As the summer of 1322 brings sun to the Devonshire countryside, it seems that the small village of Sticklepath is destined to remain in darkness. An afternoon of innocent adventure becomes one of gruesome terror when two playmates uncover the body of a young girl up on the moors. The body is that of ten-year-old Aline, who had gone missing six years earlier. When Sir Baldwin Furnshill and his friend Simon Puttock are called to the scene to investigate, they soon discover that Aline is not the only young girl to have been found dead in recent years. It seems that the villagers have been concealing not only a serial killer, but a possible case of cannibalism. Or, if the rumors are to be believed, a vampire.

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